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13
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School's out for long-time teacher
Time for
family:
Retiring
teacher
Marion
Gardner,
surrounded
by Port
Ahuriri
School
pupils.
By CLAIRE HAMLIN
A love of children encouraged
Marion Gardner into a teaching
career and now, 32 years after she
began lessons at Port Ahuriri
School, Mrs Gardner is ready to
have a break and see more of her
grandchildren overseas.
A lot of things had changed over
the years, she said, but her love of
children and passion for teaching
remained undimmed.
I think the biggest change that
teachers have seen since 1981 is
the amount of paperwork that is
now required,'' she said.
The out-of-school workload is
huge and I don't think people
appreciate that -- they tend to
think that primary school tea-
chers start at nine o'clock and fin-
ish at three, but it's very different.
There's paperwork most nights of
the week and frequently
weekends.
We also often don't get a lunch
break, the time is often taken up
with sports practices, music les-
sons and playground duty.''
While she said children had not
changed, their world had, with the
rise of new technology.
Port Ahuriri School has really
embraced technology and of
course, so have the children. We
have some teachers who are very
strong in the field, fortunately,
and others of us who are not quite
as strong, but give it our best shot.
Where children once asked
Santa for simple toys, we now
have five-year-olds asking for
cellphones.''
Mrs Gardner has four children
and nine grandchildren, so she is
looking forward to being able to
visit her family more often.
She had held many plans'' for
retirement but, with the death of
her husband in July, she had re-
arranged her goals.
One daughter and her family
were relocating from the Middle
East to Scotland, so she would
spend time with them, as well as
with family in Perth.
Retirement will be mostly
about family but I'm staying in
Napier because this is where my
friends are. I'm told that I will be
filling my days but I've also
warned staff here that if I get
bored, they will find me on the
doorstep asking for something to
do.''
While she might not miss the
paperwork involved in teaching,
Mrs Gardner said she will miss
the children -- her inspiration.
Port Ahuriri is a great school
community to work within, I've
met some some wonderful
parents, some brilliant colleagues
and worked with some very good
principals -- but in the end, it
always comes down to the chil-
dren.
It sounds silly now but, when I
was five and started school, I had
a most wonderful new-entrant
teacher. I remember telling my
mother I'm going to be a teacher
just like Miss Cook'. I didn't
waver. And I hope I really am like
her.''
Books help pass the waiting time
Relaxed readers: Donated books will make waiting for the dental nurse
in clinics more enjoyable. Checking them out at the Onekawa School
dental clinic are, from left, Te Rangi Ager, Konah Gaffey-Mansfield,
dental nurse Deborah Papuni, Sophie Baker and Emma Drysdale.
Children have new books to read
while they are waiting for the
dental nurse, courtesy of The
Hawke's Bay Literacy Associ-
ation.
Money raised from
association-fun professional
development events for teachers
paid for such projects,
said spokeswoman Helen
Thompson.
One of which is Books in
Dental Clinics and this is the
fourth time we have donated
books for the purpose.
We choose the books specifi-
cally for the situation, so they
are primarily picture and comic-
type books and it's really lovely
going into the clinics and seeing
some of the books looking well
used.''